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Learn to make a basket made from long leaf pine needles, using waxed Irish linen, an assortment of beads or other embellishments, starting with a stone center. Topics to be covered include the differences between pine needle types, preparing the needles, waxed Irish linen, basket centers, embellishing your basket, and how to start and how to finish your basket. Students have the option to weave a basket, a pendant, or an ornament. Basketweaving is a wonderful way to recycle from nature and is also a meditative activity. No experience necessary. Ages 18+ welcome. Material fee: $20 payable to the instructor at the start of class. .• Scholarships available • Homeschoolers welcome • Military and sibling discounts Social Media Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

No experience necessary. Ages 16+ welcome! In this workshop with Molly Prentzel you will design and sew your own quilt blocks and attach them to a pre-loved item of your choosing (we recommend you bring a tote bag or jacket). You’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind item you’ll be proud to use or wear. Intuitive quilting is the process of creating a quilt (or quilt block) using your intuition and sense of creativity. We’ll be selecting fabric scraps in shapes and colors that we’re drawn to without too much planning. We’ll move through the process without limits, allowing for creativity to flow freely. This course is for beginners and seasoned quilters alike. If you’ve never used a sewing machine before, you’ll be guided on how to sew simple straight lines, gentle curves and how to appliqué. If you’ve sewn apparel or quilts using patterns before, you’ll be encouraged to put away the “rules” and sometimes rigid guidelines of traditional quilting to tap into a more freeform and intuitive way of quilting. Social Media Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

This workshop teaches the basics in Stained Glass. No previous glass experience is needed. During the workshop, students will complete a small project using glass they select from a variety of colors and textures. Different patterns are available to choose from. Students will learn how to handle glass, cut and grind glass, apply copper foil, and solder pieces together. Glass is included in the class price and all tools are supplied. Material fee: $10 payable to the instructor at the start of the workshop. No experience necessary. Ages 14+ welcome. • Scholarships available • Military and sibling discounts Stay Social! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The disease known as sleeping sickness is on the decline but remains a concern in Africa. Now there's a theatrical event aimed at keeping the numbers down.

The Food and Drug Administration has new tools to hold drug companies accountable for promises they make about medications. But the agency has yet to show its hand in using this new power.

The Green Living Tour is a one-hour tour that showcases sustainability in action at Solana Center for Environmental Innovation's home base in Encinitas. On the tour, our knowledgeable Eco Team docents will walk you through our worm bins, greywater systems, innovative compost projects, tool lending library, water-wise garden, and more simply, DIY, climate-friendly solutions. Find inspiration for your at-home sustainability projects, learn more about Solana Center and our programs, and meet other eco-stewards in your neighborhood! If you are interested in buying composting supplies or borrowing tools, our store and lending shed will be open. If you wish to make a purchase after the tour, we encourage you to buy your items online beforehand to ensure we will have the items in stock. We also encourage you to bring your e-waste to drop off! The tour is free with a $12 suggested donation. For individuals and groups of six or less, please sign up at solanacenter.org/events/ to reserve your spot. Space is limited. For groups of more than six, email volunteer@solanacenter.org to set up a private tour for a nominal fee.

Tiny Home & Nomad Living Festival Tour tiny houses, van conversions, skoolies, backyard cottages (ADUs), shipping container home, adventure rigs and more! Meet the builders and people who are living and traveling tiny every day. Shop the Simple Living Marketplace. Enjoy a variety of vendors who will guide you to minimize your clutter, debt, and carbon footprint. Information & Inspiration. TinyFest features a weekend full of speaker presentations and panel discussions to help kick start your tiny living journey. Live music, entertainment, food trucks, and fun! TinyFest is bringing together like-minded people who value the ideals behind building small and living large!! Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Culinary Historians of San Diego will present “1001 ‘Fritters’: Food in the Arabian Nights,” featuring Charles Perry, at Saturday, January 21, in the Neil Morgan Auditorium of the San Diego Central Library. As a collection of wonder tales being recited to hungry audiences in Middle Eastern bazaars, the Arabian Nights naturally included a number of references to foods. Translators have generally fudged their identity with guesswork — even though a number of medieval Arab cookbooks have been translated by now, several by Charles Perry. For instance, three totally unrelated sweets are usually translated as ‘fritters.’ Charles will lift the curtain on these mysterious treats. Charles Perry, grandson of a silent film screenwriter and great-grandson of Gold Rush pioneers, is an internationally known food writer. He is the president of Culinary Historians of Southern California, was a major contributor to The Oxford Companion to Food and served two terms as a trustee of the annual Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery. Perry is the author of numerous publications in the fields of food and the Sixties. The event is free and open to the public.

As volunteers continue digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, the siblings of a woman found dead with her four children are now awaiting news of their mother and another sister.

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.